ONSET & RIME SLIDES, WORKSHEETS & ASSESSMENT

ONSET & RIME SLIDES, WORKSHEETS & ASSESSMENT

Science of Reading | Phonological Awareness | VIC & KG Fonts

Build strong phonological awareness with this Onset & Rime teaching pack, designed to support students to hear, identify, and blend onsets and rimes through explicit, oral-first instruction.

This resource includes clear teaching slides, hands-on worksheets, a quick assessment with rubric, and detailed teacher support materials, making it ideal for Foundation / Kindergarten / Prep classrooms.

Slides are provided in VIC Modern Cursive and KG Primary Penmanship. Worksheets use a clean generic font to keep the focus on listening and sound awareness — not handwriting.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

ONSET & RIME TEACHING SLIDES

Say the word → touch the onset → touch the rime → blend

Words included:
c–at, r–at, b–ed, c–up, d–og, f–an, i–nk, j–ar, k–ey, m–ug, m–ix, y–ak, f–ish, n–eck, r–ing, wh–ale, s–ock, qu–een
✔ Editable slide included

PICK THE CORRECT ONSET SLIDES

Students identify the correct onset from three options.

Words included:
cat, hat, bed, dog, fan, jam, pig, sun, ship, chat, whip
✔ Editable slide included

PICK THE CORRECT RIME SLIDES

Students identify the correct rime from three options.

Words included:
bat, nut, tap, jet, sit, bell, cow, fish, chick, phone, ship
✔ Editable slide included

WORKSHEETS (PRINT & USE)

✔ Cut & Paste the Onset (1 worksheet)
✔ Cut & Paste the Rime (1 worksheet)
✔ Draw a Word (3 worksheets)
✔ Match the Onset to the Rime (3 worksheets)

Worksheets are intentionally simple and uncluttered to support oral-first learning.

ASSESSMENT & RUBRIC

✔ 1 quick assessment page
✔ Simple marking rubric for fast data collection
✔ Curriculum-aligned checklist (AU & US)
✔ Designed for 1:1 or small group assessment
✔ Observe, point, say, or blend — no writing required

TEACHER SUPPORT MATERIALS

✔ How to use the slides
✔ How to use the worksheets
✔ How to assess onset & rime efficiently
✔ How to teach onset & rime effectively
✔ Lesson ideas (step-by-step)
✔ Differentiation guide (Support / At Level / Extend)
✔ Common student misconceptions table
✔ Science of Reading connection
✔ Key takeaways for teachers

SCIENCE OF READING ALIGNMENT

This resource supports evidence-based instruction by:

• Developing phonological awareness
• Teaching onset & rime explicitly
• Using oral-first routines
• Reducing cognitive load
• Supporting later blending and decoding

PERFECT FOR

✔ Explicit phonics instruction
✔ Daily warm-ups
✔ Small groups & intervention
✔ Literacy rotations
✔ Early readers
✔ EAL/D learners

FONTS INCLUDED

✔ VIC Modern Cursive (slides)
✔ KG Primary Penmanship (slides)

Worksheets use a generic font so the focus remains on sound awareness, not handwriting.

CURRICULUM LINKS

Australian Curriculum v9 — Foundation

• AC9EFLY08 — Recognise and manipulate sounds (rhymes, syllables, onsets & rimes)
• AC9EFLY11 — Phoneme–grapheme relationships
• AC9EFLA01 — Spoken language represented by print

US Common Core — Kindergarten

• RF.K.2 — Phonological awareness
• RF.K.2.A — Produce rhyming words
• RF.K.2.C — Blend and segment onsets and rimes